Using IDEs – Pycharm

Let us get an overview of IDEs, especially Pycharm.

  • While we can effectively learn Python Programming using Jupyter Notebooks, it is not a good practice to take care of application development using it.

  • We should fall back on IDEs such as Pycharm for developing applications such as web, data engineering etc.

  • IDE stands for integrated development environment and Pycharm is the most popular IDE for application development.

  • Pycharm have both Community Edition which is free and Professional Edition which require license.

  • Make sure to get better at Pycharm in these areas.

    • Creating projects

    • Using terminal

    • Generating boiler plate code

    • Refactoring code

    • Effective use of plugins such as Git for code versioning and interactive development with your fellow team members.